N.Y. DCD Law § 18

§ 18. Effect of orders; power of judge and duties of clerk. All orders\nor decrees in proceedings under this article shall have the same force\nand effect, and may be entered, docketed and enforced and appealed from\nthe same as if made in an original action brought in the court in which\nthe proceeding is pending; provided, however, that a final decree,\ndirecting the payment of money, may be enforced by serving a certified\ncopy thereof personally upon the assignee for the benefit of creditors,\nand if said assignee wilfully neglects to obey said decree, by punishing\nhim for a contempt of court. The imprisonment of said assignee, by\nvirtue of proceedings to punish him for contempt, as prescribed in this\nsection, or a levy upon his property by virtue of an action, shall not\nbar, suspend or otherwise affect an action against the sureties on his\nfinal bond. All proceedings under this article shall be deemed to be had\nin court. The said court shall always be open for proceedings under this\narticle. The judge, when named in this article, shall, in such\nproceedings, be deemed to be acting as the court. The clerk of the court\nshall keep a separate book, in which shall be entered, in each case, the\ndate and place of record of the assignment, and a minute of all\nproceedings therein, under this article, with such particularity as the\ncourt shall direct by general order. He shall record therein the orders\nand decrees of the court, settling, rejecting or adjusting claims, and\ndirecting the payment of money, or releasing assets by the assignee, and\nremoving or discharging the assignee and his sureties, and such other\norders as the courts shall direct by general order. The said clerk shall\nsecurely keep the papers in each case in a file by themselves, and shall\nbe entitled to a fee, except as otherwise provided by law, of one dollar\nfor filing all the papers in each case, and entering the proceedings in\nthe minute-book, and fifty cents to be paid by the assignee, unless\notherwise directed, for recording each order or decree required by this\narticle or the general order of the court. The clerk shall not record at\nlength any order except the final order in a proceeding under this\narticle, unless directed to do so by the court.\n